Etheridgeum

Etheridgeum
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Etheridgeum; Wallach, 1988
Species:	E. pulchrum
Binomial name
	Etheridgeum pulchrum; (F. Werner, 1924)
Synonyms
	Padangia pulchra ; F. Werner, 1924; Etheridgeum pulchrum ; — Wallach, 1988 ; (nomen substitutum);

Short description: Genus of snakes

Etheridgeum is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Etheridgeum pulchrum,^[1] which is commonly known as the Sumatra Etheridge snake, and is native to Indonesia.

Etymology

The generic name, Etheridgeum, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge (1929–2019).^[2] The specific name, pulchrum, is Latin for "beautiful".^[1]

Geographic range

E. pulchrum is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.^[3]^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. pulchrum is forest.^[3]

Description

A small snake, the holotype of E. pulchrum has a snout-to-vent length of 14.5 cm (5.7 in).^[4] The dorsal scales are smooth, and they are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body.^[5]

Behavior

E. pulchrum is terrestrial and semifossorial.^[3]^[5]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Etheridgeum pulchrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 December 2016.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Etheridgeum, p. 86).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 12 November 2021
↑ Werner F (1924).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Wallach V (1988).

Teynié A, David P, Ohler A (2010). "Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo". Zootaxa 2416: 1–43.
Wallach V (1988). "Status and redescription of the genus Padangia Werner, with comparative visceral data on Collorhabdium Smedley and other genera (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 9 (1): 61–76. (Etheridgeum pulchrum, replacement name).
Werner F (1924). "Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 133: 29–56. (Padangia, new genus, p. 54; P. pulchra, new species, pp. 54–55, Figure 8). (in German).

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[RDB-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Etheridgeum pulchrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 December 2016.

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Etheridgeum, p. 86).

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 12 November 2021

[4] Werner F (1924).

[Van-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Wallach V (1988).